Chaos of the Three Kingdoms Summons

Chapter 2352: Misfortunes never come singly, the Yangtze River is defeated

"Everyone sit down and eat meat together!"

Gou Chen returned with a great victory. After reorganizing his soldiers, he brought Zhu Wen, the hero of this battle, to Chang Yuchun.

As soon as I approached Chang Yuchun's tent, I saw two soldiers making a fire in the camp outside the tent, while Chang Yuchun was sitting there with his bare chest.

Next to him, there was a table full of meat.

horsemeat!

Gou Chen saw clearly that it was horse meat!
To be exact, it was the horse meat of the dead or disabled war horses of the Three Thousand Battalion. The spoils had just been transported here, and Chang Yuchun had already started cooking!

"Xiao Gou, Pighead, you two are from the south, you must have never eaten horse meat, right?" Chang Yuchun cut off a piece with a dagger and put it on the grill that was already lit.

It's called a grill, but it's actually just a few wooden stakes.

"There are few horses in the south. Anyone who eats horse meat will be torn to pieces!" Gou Chen said concisely.

In the Central Plains or the South, how many people dare to eat horse meat?
Horse meat, beef, and many other things in feudal society would mean the end of your life or even the life of your entire family if you dared to eat them.

As for Zhu Wen, his face turned dark at this time.

Judging from the way Chang Yuchun addressed him, the other party's attitude did not seem friendly.

However, he didn't dare to say anything more.

"That's right. I haven't eaten it many times in the north!" Chang Yuchun nodded.

Even in the north, killing horses and eating horse meat would result in a sentence. At most, the punishment was not as severe as in the south, but it was not light either, and the result was exile.

Even if they had the chance to eat some horse meat, it would just be like what they do now, where war horses are used up as waste after they died in battle.

"Pighead, you are our first hero in this battle!"

"Tell me, what kind of reward do you want? I will personally go and ask His Majesty for your contribution!" Chang Yuchun spoke loudly, but his eyes were clearly full of contempt.

Military generals always looked down on those who surrendered without fighting. For people like Zhu Wen, not only did they surrender, but they also stabbed their own people in the back before surrendering. This made them even more despised.

Even, they instinctively disliked them. Any normal military commander would be afraid of having such a person around him. Zhu Wen could stab Gu Shi in the back today, and then he might stab Chang Yuchun in the back.

"I have only made a small contribution. It is all thanks to the great commander's wisdom and bravery. He made decisions thousands of miles away and was invincible with General Gou!"

Given Chang Yuchun's attitude, how could Zhu Wen dare to really ask for any reward?
Chang Yuchun's contemptuous expression made Zhu Wen hate him even more, but he could only suppress it and endure it, not daring to show any dissatisfaction.

He had already betrayed Zhu Yuanzhang. If he fell out with Chang Yuchun at this time, his life would be in no danger.

"I think that with your contributions, you can definitely be made a baron. There is a county in Hezhou called Wuzhong. The title of Wuzhong baron is very suitable for you!"

"This governor will do his utmost to persuade His Majesty for you!"

Chang Yuchun never concealed his contempt for Zhu Wen in his tone.

Wuzhong is not loyal!

I'm openly mocking you, what can you do?

He is not like those civil servants. If they don't like him, they don't like him. There is no need to be nice to him. Acting is something that only civil servants would do!

No matter how dissatisfied you, Zhu Wen, are, you just have to keep it to yourself here.

If he was dissatisfied, he could show it. Chang Yuchun was just looking for a reason to kill him! In this world, Chang Yuchun couldn't find many people worse than Zhu Wen!

He played with his own daughter-in-law, stabbed his own brothers in the back, betrayed his own clan and monarch, was unkind, unjust, disloyal and unfilial, and fulfilled every one of these criteria.

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On the other hand, when Xu Da learned that Zhu Wen had rebelled and that 4,300 cavalrymen were led directly into the enemy's ambush by Zhu Wen without even a wave of enemy fire, he was so angry that he vomited a mouthful of blood.

Some people were even so angry that they fainted.

Since the outbreak of the Southern War, although the Three Thousand Battalion suffered heavy losses, every soldier who died was a worthy death and caused sufficient losses to the Jin Army.

However, the last four thousand men of the Three Thousand Battalion, which suffered heavy losses, did not die on the way to charge and kill the enemy, but died from the betrayal of their own people.

He hates!

He hates it!

Why did he trust Zhu Wen, a traitor? Why did he hand over this army to this traitor?
"I am guilty!"

"I am guilty!" Xu Da sighed to the sky in frustration.

However, no matter how much he regrets now, he cannot change the reality.

But misfortunes never come singly, and when it rains it pours.

When the news of the navy's defeat on the Yangtze River came, Xu Da seemed to have aged by more than ten years in an instant.

Part of the Yangtze River Joint Navy's troops entered the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River. As losses in the Jianghuai region have become inevitable, the defense of the downstream cannot be ignored.

At this time, Qi Jiguang, who had finally gained the advantage in military strength, naturally wanted to show off his strength.

The Yangtze River Navy divided its troops and entered the lower reaches of the Yangtze River, but Qi Jiguang did not need to divide his troops and enter the lower reaches as well.

The entry of an army into the downstream would naturally have an impact on the war situation there, but the opponent's goal was still to defend the Yangtze River, not to change the Jianghuai battlefield.

After all, this army might cause trouble for Guo Ziyi, but it could not change the outcome of the Jianghuai battlefield.

It’s very simple. Zhu Di only has Shouchun city left. How many troops does he have?

If one wants to change the war situation in Jianghuai, it is not enough to have a strong enough navy, but there must also be enough infantry.

Only by combining land and water can the power be truly unleashed.

Having only infantry or only naval pawns is never enough.

If Qi Jiguang had not deployed his naval forces to the Jianghuai battlefield, the situation in the lower reaches of the Yangtze River would at most make it difficult for Guo Ziyi to cross the river, but it would not threaten their own safety.

Even for Guo Ziyi at the moment, keeping Zhu Di completely in the Jianghuai region would be a huge blow to the Yangzhou area.

Even if the divided Yangtze River Joint Navy has some impact, it is within an acceptable range.

And Qi Jiguang happened to concentrate his superior forces at this time to open up part of the situation first.

This is the advantage of having a huge force. I can attack from several directions at the same time. Even if there are obstacles in other directions and it doesn't go as smoothly as expected, if a gap is opened in one direction, the overall battle situation can turn to their side.

Not to mention, now they have opened up a gap in more than one direction.

The navy entering the lower reaches of the Yangtze River was not a big obstacle for Guo Ziyi.